Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crowd out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: crowd out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Moreover, acknowledgements got crowded out of last month's article, so that a double list has to be printed this month, and one of the longest on record."
"Gary Neville, the former Manchester United and England right-back, has acknowledged that, were he starting his career today, he would probably have found himself crowded out of the Old Trafford first-team picture by overseas imports."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

crowds out (present, singular) crowding out (participle, present) crowded out (participle, past) crowded out (past)

Synonyms

force out

Questions

What does crowd out mean?: To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.

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